Philippe Halsman: The Frenchman Category_Recorders Martha Rosler (b

Martha Rosler (b

a smooth transition through the mid-tones and bright

The recipient of NEA and Guggenheim grants

Something that was a delight to touch and hold

and the shooting possibilities are nearly endless

Philippe Halsman: The Frenchman Category_Recorders Martha Rosler (bIn New York in 1948, photographer Philippe Halsman had a chance meeting with Fernandel, a French movie star from the vaudeville tradition, and asked the actor to participate in a completely original photographic experiment. Halsman would ask Fernandel questions about America to which he would respond using only facial expressions. This book brings together the facial responses that Fernandel conjured up to such questions as Does the average Frenchman